Merchandise-wrapper.



L. A. WATERS.

MERCHANDISE WRAPPER.

APPLICATION FILED n13.23, 1912.

1,047,851, Patented Dec. 17,1912.

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LOUIS A. WATERS, OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY.

MERCHANDISE-WRAPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1'2, 1912.

Application filed FebruaryBF, 1912. Serial No. 679,504.

sheet that can be taken-up, so that, whether the merchandise, shirt orother article to be wrapped is thick or thin, a uniform amount of thewrapping sheet canonly be taken up, so that if there is a proper amountarranged forlaithiok or bulky article, the material will i be entirelytoo loose for merchandise of substantially less bulk.

Itvis the object, therefore of my invention any event, limit the amountof the flexible board back, with a flexible sheet, usually ofto furnisha wrapper in which provision is made for taking up the flexible sheet,so that it may be drawn tightly across the shirt or other article, andin which the locking means is entirely attached to the cardboard,obviating the necessity of gluing, or otherwisesecuring a portion ofthenlocking means to the thin transparent wrapper.

In the drawing, Figure, 1 is aperspective view of my improved wrapperwith the flexible wrapping sheet opened out, and showing the laundriedshirtmin position to be wrapped. Fig. 2 is a rear viewpf thewrapper. Fig, 3 is a transverse section." Fig.4 is a plan view of the lockingclip. Fig. 5 is a'plan view of aportion of the. cardboard, back viewedfrom inside, and showing the clip in dotted lines. g The wrappercomprises a sheet of cardboard or other suitable stiff material-1, of a'size and shape to conform to the size of the merchandise to be wrapped,and as illustrated of the size of a laundried shirt 2. Se-

cured along one side edge 3 of the cardboard back by adhesive material,or in anyother suitable way, is a sheet of-flexible Wrapping paper 4,preferably paraiiined, or of thin transparent, or semi transparentmaterial,

so that the front of the shirt or other article will be visible throughthewrapper. This wrapping sheet'4 is of a width to inclose the packageand to partially overlap the cardboard .baok, where it is suitably heldand locked in position by .the clip 5. This clip is formed of suitablesheet metal, with a .T-head 6 and a flexible body portion 7. The clip isattached to the cardboard at the end 8 by the tangs 9, 9, and the bodyportion of the clip'is preferably'grooved at 10, 10, to render the outerportion more flexible. Loose tongues or flaps 1-1 are formed in thecardboard on each side of the body of the clip to allow thefingers ofthe user to readily grasp and raise the body of the clip, and tangs 12,12, are formed at each end of the head 6 of the clip, which take throughcorresponding holes 13, 1 3, in the cardboard.

To use the wrapper, the shirtor other article is placed on the cardboardand the flexible sheet 4' folded over the article and the free edge 14of the sheet is passed in under the clip 5 which is raised slightly byinserting the fingers in the openings presented by depressing the flaps11 and liftmg the clip.

- Thetangs 12, "12, are then pushed down through the material into theopenings 13, 13,- and the package is securely wrapped.

As there'is an inch or more of space between the head of the clip andthe point where it issecured to the cardboard, it will be evident thatwithin these limits the flexible covering 4 may be drawnupon to form atightwrapper.- It will also be noticed that it is not necessary toattach a locking strip to the, flexible sheet 4, and that the lockingclip' is entirely secured to the cardboard back. The 'T-shapeof the clipis also of advantage inthat ,but very little waste is incurred incutting theclips from the sheet,

and a series of clips can be cut with the T- heads of each clip arrangedin opposite directions, and the body vof one clip can be formed from thematerial between the adjoining'clips on each side.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A wrapper for merchandise, comprising a of comparatively thin, flexiblematerial, permanently secured along one side edge to the back section,.With its free port-ion adapted to be folded over the merchandise to bei Wrapped, and a flat clip of thin sheet metal permanently secured toand flat With the back section for locking the free edge of the flexiblesection to the back, said clip comprising a T-shaped body, With theT-head free and extending toward'the free edge of {the back with theends of the T head provided with teeth projecting inwardly to engage andhold the flexible section in place, with openings in'the cardboard backto register with and receive the teeth of the T- head, and fingeropenings on either side of the T-body of the clip to'facilitate raising'the clip for the reception of the flexible section. a

" 4 LOUIS A. WATERS.

At test:

' MARsroN ALLEN,

ANNA F. DIENST.

